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Re: [Xen-devel] xen,bproc and grub

To: Adam Sulmicki <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xen,bproc and grub
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:50:49 +0000
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> I'm sort of wondering if missing PSE is the only issue I would face here.
> 
> comparing c3-2 datascheet and xen sources/papers it seems that xen uses
> following stuff that are misseed in c3-2
> 
>         4mb pages
>         fast calls
>         page attribute table
>         virtual mode extension
> 
> maybe some others.. although i'm not sure if any of those are critical for
> correct operation of xen.... in particular that PAT seems worriesome.
> 
> we already covered PSE, any comments on other features?
> 

We don't use SYSCALL/SYSENTER, PAT or VME.

 -- Keir


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